IC 1809
IC 1809
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Barred spiral
type · SBab
260 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
64k ly
across
15.0
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 260 million ly from home, you are seeing IC 1809 as it looked roughly 260 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
NGC 904Elliptical23 million ly
apartNGC 928Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 903Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 221Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 187Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 765Spiral40 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 928Spiral28 million ly
apartNGC 903Galaxy32 million ly
apartIC 221Spiral34 million ly
apartIC 187Spiral38 million ly
apartNGC 765Spiral40 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).